0 A capital intensive industry, business, or process needs a lot of money to buy buildings and equipment in order to start operating:
1 used to describe an industry, business, or process that needs a lot of investment in materials, equipment, etc. in order to operate:
These examples range from wealthy, large-scale, capital-intensive, export-oriented farms to small-scale, labor-intensive, severely impoverished farms.
Thus, the positive externality is stronger when capital intensity is high, whereas the negative externality has larger effects when the economy is less capital-intensive.
This suggests that restrictions on capital-intensive gears can create additional employment with fairly low efficiency costs, in terms of reduced output.
They range from extensive, small-scale subsistence use to capital-intensive farming.
The reason is that non-food manufacturing, which as noted above accounts for the majority of hazardous wastes, is also a relatively capital-intensive sector.
Farmers in developing countries are more vulnerable to climate impacts precisely because they have less capital-intensive technologies and management practices.
In general, larger, more capital-intensive operations should be positively correlated with use.
In comparison to sewer and street construction, the supply of water is an extremely capital-intensive activity.
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